Bulbasaur

This is my attempt at the crochet equivalent of a Transformers doll. This is a bulbasaur that turns into a pokeball. The pokeball is hidden in the bulb on his back. You can open the bulb, take out the ball and put the bulbasaur inside it. This pattern uses three shades of green 8 ply wool. It also uses red, black and white 8 ply wool and white 4 ply wool. You will need a 4mm and a 2.5 mm hook. The pattern is written in American crochet notation. The toy is just over 10 cm long.

Bulbasaur

Head

With medium green wool

Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches) – we are going to add some dark green into this round to form one of the little patches on bulbasaur’s face, so the stitches will go like this – two medium green, two dark green, 8 medium green

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches) – three medium green, one dark green, 14 medium green – fasten off the dark green for this particular patch

Round 4: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches) – we now do the second patch, which is tiny (only one stitch) – 8 medium green, one dark green, 15 medium green – fasten off the dark green for this particular patch

Round 5: sc in each stitch (24 stitches) – we now start on the third patch, which is the biggest patch so far – 5 medium green, 2 dark green, 17 medium green

Sew the two halves of the pokeball together at the back (about 8 stitches sewn together). Sew the ears and googly eyes to the head. Embroider a mouth with dark green wool. Sew three claws to each leg and sew the legs to the body. Weave some wool around the edge of the bulb to make a drawstring. Sew the bulb to the back. Sew the hinge of the ball to the middle of the inside of the bulb. And there you have it, a transforming bulbasaur 🙂